Monday, April 16, 2007

Guided Works: Yellow Field

My dear friend has been working with me on a number of watercolor projects. I'll be posting some of these under "Guided Works" as so much of the work was guided by this kind and generous individual and not solely my own creation.

In this landscape, my attempt is toward simplification and lossening up, plus using a number of different techniques -- including the use of gouache. Probably the hardest lesson for me to learn is to 'let go and let the paint!' I have such a bad habit of 'fiddling' and 'detailing' things until I've overworked the painting... but I'm learning, albeit --- slowly! lol

Oh yes - it is difficult to let the paint do it's thing, especially when we want to be in control - LOL! You've done fantastically on this and I can see the areas where you truly did let the paint just flow. It has a very nice depth to it and is a very peaceful setting. The sense of depth you are obtaining on these "helped" works is what I'm noticing the most.

Hey Lin: I have a request involving some of your sketches and a workshop I'm involved with. If you have a minute, can you send me an email so I can ask you about it? (I don't mean to sound so mysterious, it's not a big deal.) My best email address is ksands7@aol.comThanks!Karen